When his wife died, Tawfiq left his comfortable retirement to seek out his prodigal son, Nadr. Nadr ran away some years ago to become an adventurer, which Tawfiq had forbidden because he considers it a stupid, barbaric profession. Tawfiq was prompted by loneliness to set aside his anger and try to make peace with Nadr, if he can find him....

Captain Mallet is basically my take on the Captain Hammer character from Dr. Evil's Singalong Weblog. He's a bruiser meat shield type who can throw a BMW at you if you piss him off. I'll add description and such later on, but this is the mechanics side.